Desconnets Jean-Christophe auteur aut IRD Giuliani G. auteur aut IRD Guigoz Y. auteur aut IRD Lacroix P. auteur aut IRD Mlisa A. auteur aut IRD Noort M. auteur aut IRD Ray N. auteur aut IRD Searby N. D. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access The discovery of and access to capacity building resources are often essential to conduct environmental projects based on Earth Observation (EO) resources, whether they are Earth Observation products, methodological tools, techniques, organizations that impart training in these techniques or even projects that have shown practical achievements. Recognizing this opportunity and need, the European Commission through two FP7 projects jointly with the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) teamed up with the Committee on Earth observation Satellites (CEOS). The Global Earth Observation CApacity Building (GEOCAB) portal aims at compiling all current capacity building efforts on the use of EO data for societal benefits into an easily updateable and user-friendly portal. GEOCAB offers a faceted search to improve user discovery experience with a fully interactive world map with all inventoried projects and activities. This paper focuses on the conceptual framework used to implement the underlying platform. An ISO19115 metadata model associated with a terminological repository are the core elements that provide a semantic search application and an interoperable discovery service. The organization and the contribution of different user communities to ensure the management and the update of the content of GEOCAB are addressed. specialized Capacity building Earth observations User needs Discovery service Semantic search Resource facility 126 54 95-104 2017 0303-2434 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068727 10.1016/j.jag.2016.09.010 0303-2434 [F B010068727] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068727 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2016/12/010068727.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2017-01-09 2023-07-11 fdi:010068727 fre